Get Schooled / True Education — Chapter 95¶
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Opening — Hong-gi’s rise and collapse¶
Jo Hong-gi narrates how gambling initially made him feel like a master of money.
His account balance rises above 100 million won.
He laughs at the idea of college or employment because the gambling site appears to make ordinary work unnecessary.
Within two weeks, the entire hundred million disappears.
Hong-gi stops sleeping and eating. His hands and feet shake.
He sells his own belongings and his mother’s possessions—including a ring—but cannot recover the lost money.
The first loan¶
Hong-gi contacts Lee Jung-hyuk through the account.
He says he lost around a hundred million and cannot sleep.
Jung-hyuk flatters him, saying a person who could win that much must be talented.
When Hong-gi says he has no remaining capital, Jung-hyuk transfers one million won through a link.
The repayment is double.
Hong-gi gratefully promises to repay twice the amount.
That transaction becomes the beginning of “hell.”
Debt becomes forced crime¶
Hong-gi explains that Jung-hyuk was the first person who introduced him to gambling.
Once the debt passed ten million won, Jung-hyuk changed.
Hong-gi was ordered to participate in car theft, debt collection, gambling operations, and other crimes.
The amount continued increasing until it reached roughly one hundred million won.
He says repeatedly:
“I WANT IT TO END.”
“I WANT TO GO BACK.”
He would do anything to return to the period before he gambled.
The confession is part of a trap¶
Na and Lim listen to Hong-gi’s apparent confession and tell him that he no longer needs to keep committing crimes.
Unknown to them, Jung-hyuk has already prepared Hong-gi as bait.
He ordered Hong-gi to pretend to be a helpless victim so the inspectors would lower their guard.
Then Hong-gi was supposed to stab them.
Jung-hyuk established a price list:
- two million won for an ordinary stab,
- seven million for a critical wound,
- nine million for the eyes,
- and complete cancellation if Hong-gi killed them.
He reminded Hong-gi of the words he spoke while sleeping—wanting the suffering to end—and presented murder as the opportunity.
Hong-gi cannot complete the attack¶
Hong-gi draws the knife.
He hesitates.
Na and Lim detect the movement and stop him before the blade lands.
Na asks:
“WHO TOLD YOU TO DO THIS?”
Hong-gi cannot answer immediately.
Jung-hyuk appears nearby, disappointed that the trap was arranged so carefully but the debtor could not complete it.
He praises the agency’s reputation and identifies himself as head of G.Y’s Incheon gambling distribution branch.
Then he runs.
Na chases; Lim stays with the gang¶
Jung-hyuk is extremely fast and agile. Na pursues him while Lim remains with the armed gang members.
The men are surprised that Na leaves a woman behind.
Lim tells him to continue the chase. She will handle the “trash.”
The gang raises knives.
Lim recalls the principle taught at Hanlim Gym:
“AN EYE FOR AN EYE…”
“A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH…”
The chapter ends with her completing the adaptation:
“A KNEE FOR A KNIFE.”
Chapter-level observations¶
1. The apparent hundred-million fortune was not stable wealth¶
The site allowed Hong-gi to experience a balance large enough to destroy his interest in ordinary life, then removed it rapidly.
2. The loan is behavioral control¶
Jung-hyuk does not lend in order to earn normal interest. He creates a debt large enough to command crimes.
3. Hong-gi is both perpetrator and victim¶
He recruited and gambled with other students, but is now being coerced into attempted murder.
4. The inspectors’ separation reflects trust¶
Na does not abandon Lim. He knows the armed gang presents less danger to her than Jung-hyuk’s escape presents to the investigation.